>> Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is very sleepy.
In fact, he so sleepy that it's damaging morale within the Commerce Department.
In fact, Politico is reporting that because he tends to fall asleep in meetings, they
try not to put him in a position where that could happen.
So they're very careful and conscious about how they schedule certain things.
There's a small window where he's able to focus and pay attention, and not fall asleep.
Now, this is amazing.
He is again, the Commerce Secretary.
>> Okay.
>> And I gotta go to this video before you jump in, Jake.
Because remember, Trump is a child and shutdown the government for 35 days.
So that erased a lot of government employees who have bills to pay, children to feed.
And so Wilbur Ross goes on television and you can tell just how sleepy he is in this
next clip.
>> You're talking about 800,000 workers.
And while I feel sorry for individuals that have hardship cases, 800,000 workers, if they
never got their pay which is not the case, they will eventually get it.
But if they never got it, he's talking about a third of a percent on our GDP.
So it's not like it's a gigantic number overall.
>> But Mr. Secretary, there reports that there are some federal workers who are going to
homeless shelters to get food.
>> Well, I know they are and I don't really quite understand why they've 30 days and pay
that some people will be out.
There's no real reason why they shouldn't be able to get a loan against it.
>> Okay, time so waiting up.
All right, so first of all, I'd like to have an anchor interrupted him as if he had to
talk over.
He's like Mr. Secretary, Mr. Secretary.
He's like I was sleeping, anyway.
>> Okay, not only was there a 38% chance he was gonna fall asleep in the middle of that
interview.
It was a 38% chance I was gonna fall asleep watching me.
>> 100% >> Okay and I thought there was some percentage
chance that he was gonna say at some point in the interview, I'm.
Okay, all right, now let me know the irony that the main nickname that Donald Trump has
given Joe Biden is sleepy Joe Biden.
He also calls Chuck Todd, sleepy eyes.
He famously called Jeb Bush low energy.
So that's one of his famous insults and then he hires a commerce secretary that apparently
is awake for only a couple of hours a day.
>> It's amazing.
>> And I wanna know what that window is.
Is it 10:30 to 12:30?
>> Is he a morning person?
Is he a night owl?
>> Right.
>> Yeah.
>> Well, I mean in the morning, he's obviously sleeping.
And at night, he's obviously sleeping and in the afternoon is an obvious giant nap.
>> Yes.
>> So like 10:45 to like 12:15, in fact, all the meetings then when Walters awake.
>> Yeah, the Commerce Department is responsible for the census which explains a lot.
But one other thing that I just wanted to quickly mention is this lower third.
I usually don't respond or react to the lower third, but it asks who's more chill Wilbur
Ross or Bob Ross and I'm offended by the question.
Bob Ross was a national hero, okay?
>> A real delight to watch and the fact that he's even included in the same sentence as
Wilbur Ross is offensive, and defamatory.
>> So.
>> I'd rather have Bob Ross as Commerce Secretary.
>> 100%.
>> And by the way, if you're wondering, so now they say Trump's unhappy with him to,
because he had to eventually follow the law and not include the citizenship question in
the census.
He's like why didn't you just violate the Supreme Court order?
Okay, so he's not angry that he sucks at his job and is barely awake.
He's angry that wouldn't violate the law.
But ironically, if you're wondering why is Wilbur Ross even Commerce Secretary?
What a random weird choice.
No, what almost always explains it is the corruption.
Wilbur Ross in earlier in Donald Trump's career had helped him and there's some allegations
with financial impropriety, so he gets a cabinet post.
So there's a number of people who helped Donald Trump earlier in his career, who are now cabinet
secretaries in random ass places, because Trump owed them.